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For an undergraduate introductory level course in the humanities. Humanities narrated in a story-telling approach. The Humanities: Culture, Continuity & Change helps students see context and make connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach. Written around Henry Sayre#x19;s belief that students learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, it captures the voices that have shaped and influenced human thinking and creativity throughout our history.

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Henry M. Sayre is Distinguished Professor of Art History at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus in Bend, Oregon. He earned his Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Washington. He is producer and creator of the 10-part television series, A World of Art: Works in Progress, aired on PBS in the fall of 1997; and author of seven books, including A World of Art, The Visual Text of William Carlos Williams, The Object of Performance: The American Avante-Garde since 1970; and an art history book for children, Cave Paintings to Picasso.

Table of Contents

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PrefaceExcess, Inquiry, and Restraint: 1600 to 1800Ch. 21- The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its AppealCh. 22- The Secular Baroque in the North: the Art of Observation

Ch. 23- The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

Ch. 24- The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

Ch. 25- The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and ReasonCh. 26- The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical StyleIndex Photo and Text Credits